Cody Park Railroad Museum — Attraction in North Platte

So this is a bit of a mixed review. The site is the very back of Cody Park in a bit hard to find if you're not from the area. But it is very well worth the visit. very few places can you see a beautifully detailed Union Pacific Challenger locomotive or a Union Pacific DDX diesel engine. the site includes several box cars and Passenger cars with a very cute Museum that you walk through between two passenger cars. There is also a station house that has bathrooms and an attendant. I feel in some ways that the museum was a bit of an afterthought is a place to store the locomotives and I wish there was a bit more presentation. The museum display itself is unescorted and you just walk through without much interpretation going on. for a small Museum they have several incredible artifacts that should be seen so don't let that prevent you from visiting. Expect to spend about an hour at this place....

Absolutely a great piece of history to visit. Union Pacific and the City of North Platte should be applauded for their work and upkeep of this great display. There is the engine that you can go into, pulling a mail car, that you can go through and look at the displays provided, all the way to the caboose that is just awesome for ANY train enthusiast. Next door is a diesel engine set up with cargo type cars and even though you cannot go into the railcars, you can walk the catwalk of the engine and actually sit in the conductor's seat and view what they view going down the tracks. Wonderful. A big "Thank you" to all who makes...

Super park and museum! It was awesome to be able to climb on to and into the Challenger and diesel locomotives on display here. The staff was excellent and knowledgeable giving us a background of the museum and area.

My 10 year old and friend enjoyed roll playing around the locomotives. The up close view of the locomotives are a new experience for me and made for great opportunities for pictures.

I highly recommend visiting this free park. Parking was easy and there were only a few patrons during Rail Days at...